false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170970837m/79678.jpg 79678 6 Neil Postman is one of the most level-headed analysts of education, media, and technology, and in this book he spells out the increasing dependence upon technology, numerical quantification, and misappropriation of "Scientism" to all human affairs. No simple technophobe, Postman argues insightfully and writes with a stylistic flair, profound sense of humor, and love of language increasingly rare in our hastily scribbled e-mail-saturated world. 1511641 1991 Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology total:406|5:98|4:167|3:102|2:30|1:9| 406 1533 643 61 2 1 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Wed Jul 18 19:31:30 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 18 19:41:45 -0700 2007
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Anyway, Technopoly takes the idea behind Aldous Huxley's d...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Jul 30 13:11:14 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 31 08:42:11 -0700 2007
Technopoly is totalitarian Technocracy. Technology remains powerful whilst all other ideologies have weakened. Invisible technology is a powerful and subver...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 13 05:56:20 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 13 06:09:06 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat May 26 13:46:40 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 07 17:17:50 -0700 2007
Just kidding. Really. But Postman's ideas are so subversive and resonate hugely with the things that I have been thinking about lately. Postman says America is the on...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jul 21 16:19:06 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 16:22:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Mar 21 20:53:51 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 20:55:35 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Apr 20 18:46:50 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 20 18:46:50 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jun 10 00:31:36 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 00:37:07 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue May 05 11:39:14 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 11:40:24 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 04 11:53:22 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 11:53:40 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 09:18:23 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 09:19:26 -0800 2009
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